- $249
ACT beyond Perfectionism
- Course
Learn ACT skills to effectively tackle perfectionistic and high-achieving actions!
7 week program
7 core modules
Over 10 hours of high-quality video
20+ Worksheets
20 experiential exercises
Bonus materials
Receive direct coaching from Dr. Z
Free video lesson
Why I created ACT beyond Perfectionism?
Quite often my clients, friends, or people on social media ask me about how to deal with their fears of failure, self-criticism, unrealistic standards, rumination, procrastination, indecision, worries about not doing enough, guilt about failing others or regret about not completing tasks they wanted to complete.
The pursuit of perfection is a self-reinforcing cycle that impacts many of us; while you may work harder and harder, do more and more and meet those standards for a while, and feel good about them, it’s a matter of time before the fear of failing will emerge.
It’s a matter of time before you spend energy battling self-defeating, and self-critical thoughts.
It's a matter of time before your relationships with others and with yourself will be affected.
It’s a matter of time before you spend energy battling self-defeating, and self-critical thoughts.
It's a matter of time before your relationships with others and with yourself will be affected.
How can you find the golden nuggets of perfectionistic, high-achieving, and striving actions without losing yourself and without hurting the ones that matter to you?
Does this sound like you?
- Do you always feel pressure to do things right and perfectly?
- Are you often concerned about making mistakes?
- Do you spend a lot of time making a decision?
- Do you avoid things you’re not good at?
- Do you want to start a new hobby but are concerned about messing up?
- Do you spend hours criticizing yourself because of the mistakes you have made?
- Are you a go-getter, doer, and maker that pushes harder and harder when it comes to things you care about?
- Have you been told to let go of your standards but you resent those messages and despite your best efforts you keep working harder and harder because you know that “working hard pays off?”
Imagine if...
- You learn to harness the power of perfectionism without losing yourself.
- You can give your best, work hard, and push yourself without sacrificing your well-being, hurting your relationships, or compromising your health.
- You have the skills to manage rumination, anxiety, and the stress that comes with being a high-achiever.
- You live your life according to your values, not according to the pressure to do more and more.
- You learn to accept yourself as you are, and not as you wish to be.
Yes, I want to use my perfectionistic tendencies to my advantage without letting them ruin my life
What you will learn:
You will learn a "new mindset to harness the power of high-achieving, perfectionist, and striving actions."
Learning a new mindset means :
- Doing more of what matters - your way - without hurting your relationships or hurting yourself.
- Speaking up more about what you really think about stuff without betraying yourself in relationships.
- Finding your rhythm across different areas of your life.
- Ditching other people’s definition of success, accomplishments, and well-being to pursue your own.
- Wrestling less with worries, harsh criticisms second-guesses, and overthinking patterns.
What's inside this course?
ACT beyond Perfectionism includes a collection of resources to nurture, cultivate, and enrich your drive for high achievement without the sleepless nights, many hours of regret, years of blaming and criticizing yourself, or dwelling relentlessly on worries, fears, and anxieties.
Workbook
A 22-page downloadable workbook that includes handouts for each module.
Modules
7 core modules, released over 7 weeks for convenient self-paced study.
Experiential exercises
10 mindfulness practices
10 experiential exercises
Videos
Over 10 hours of high-quality, on-demand videos that are short and easy to digest.
Introducing
ACT beyond Perfectionism
A no BS approach for go-getters, do-ers, high-achievers and strivers
What's the course format?
- Quick and easy access to course materials.
- Course content, handouts, and all materials in English
- Videos professionally filmed with high-quality audio and video equipment
- Videos with subtitle options in English.
- Ability to pause, fast-forward, and re-watch videos as many times as you would like.
- A user-friendly platform, easy-to-use.
- Access to our private platform where you can post questions and comments at any time.
How the course works?
Receive direct support from Dr. Z
You can ask your questions and share your experiences with Dr. Z. throughout our private interactive forum.
Apply as you learn
The curriculum has been designed to allow you time to practice the ACT skills you learned in each module as you go.
Extra Course Access
You have 8 weeks of extra access to review or catch up on any missed content from the end of your course.
Spend an average of 1.5 hours per week
Beautiful bite-sized modules mean you can learn when it suits you. You can choose how much of the course you want to do at a time!
I want to stop feeling that no matter how hard I try, is never good enough
What's the curriculum?
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Week 1: A NEW WAY
3 Key questions
What really matters right now?
What if my value is doing things right and perfectly?
What drives perfectionistic actions?
The many colors and shades of perfectionism in your life.
First courageous steps! Choice points.
The workability game. -
Week 2: An overprotective friend of yours
How our minds work.
What is fusion?
Defusion from the mind.
The hidden ruling-thoughts.
How do those thoughts shape your day-to-day life? -
Week 3: Dropping the stories of unworthiness
Exploring your stories.
Then.. who am I?
Checking the function of self-criticism.
The Self-reflection trap!
Get out of your head! -
Week 4: Dealing with Shame
Exploring the shame in your life.
Practicing a caring response.
Self-compassion on-the-go.
The 3 systems and perfectionistic actions.
ACT and self-compassion.Week 5: Making workable and caring choices
A true story.
How do you make decisions?
Why do high achievers get stuck making decisions?
Key fears that hold you back.
Thinking Traps.
Skillful decision-making.
Disentangling values-conflicts.
Tough choices need gentleness. -
Week 6: The treasure of acceptance
Emotional anatomy
The different components of emotions.
Emotion coping styles.
The power of emotion surfing. Week 7: The golden children: acceptance and willingness
The intersection of acceptance and willingness.
Willingness in action.
Murphy's Laws and Stress.
Distress toolkit.
Bonus Content
You will get access to this bonus:
Episode 1 of my audiobook The upside of Perfectionism.
Yup, I need research-based, actionable and compassionate skills to manage my proness to do things right and perfectly!
FAQs
Can I take ACT beyond Perfectionism instead of doing therapy?
ACT beyond Perfectionism is first and foremost an educational research and skills-based online class designed to teach you ACT skills to live your life, make the best of it, and stop getting stuck with perfectionistic actions. As helpful as it can be, this online class is an addition to therapy but not a replacement for it or any treatment program.
I’m in therapy and coaching right now, can I take this online class?
If you’re currently in therapy or coaching focused on high-achieving behaviors and are looking for resources that are interactive and engaging to expand what you’re learning in therapy, the skills covered in this online class will help.
If your therapist or coach is familiar with ACT, much better. If your therapist is not familiar with ACT, please refer them to the website and invite them to send us any questions they may have about Dr. Z’s approach.
Is this online class based on Dr. Z’s workbooks?
ACT beyond Perfectionism is based on Dr. Z’s book “Acceptance and Commitment Skills for Perfectionism and High-Achieving Behaviors” but is much different since it’s experiential, interactive, and community-based. You will dive deeper into the “hows” of putting ACT skills into action.
What's the schedule and is there a time frame to complete the class?
ACT beyond Perfectionism is a self-paced online course in which you will have access to all materials for 2 months from the time of purchase.
For how long do I have access to the class?
While the class is designed for 6 weeks, you will have access to all materials, resources, and handouts for the class for 2-months. So, you can pause, fast-forward, and re-watch the videos as many times as you would like.
Is there a group discussion?
When enrolling in the class, you also get access to our private group platform where you can post your questions, comments, and other relevant resources at any time.
Can I go back to the modules I already completed?
Yes. You have access to all the materials for 2-months and after completing a module, you can go back to it any time you want.
Can I share the class?
ACT beyond Perfectionism is designed to be taken individually and not for group purposes. While you don’t need to keep your class a secret, we ask you to not copy or redistribute the materials in any way.
What happens after I finish the class?
- You can follow the account Doctorz on Instagram or Dr. Z on twitter since we’re regularly sharing mini-tips during a week.
Can I download the videos?
The video lessons are not available to download from the web.
Do I need to buy Dr. Z books?
Yes, you do need to buy the workbook “Acceptance and Commitment Skills for Perfectionism and High-Achieving Behaviors” and read the first section to participate in ACT beyond Perfectionism.
About Dr. Z
I’m a psychologist with a doctoral degree and in the last 17 years, I have been providing exposure services to children, teens, and adults who struggle with different forms of fear-based struggles: OCD, phobias, procrastination, worry, perfectionism, panic, and more.
I have been trained in all models of exposure therapy: habituation model, inhibitory learning model, and ACT & ERP.
In addition to my doctoral training, I'm a graduate of the International OCD Foundation Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI) for the treatment of pediatric OCD and adult OCD; my clinical work is primarily based on Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the recognized front-line treatment for OCD, anxiety and related condition disorders. I completed a 10-day intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
I'm the founder of the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center, a boutique therapy practice, where I offer therapy, coaching, and focused interventions for anxiety-based struggles, based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and contextual-behavioral science.
I'm the author of 6 books, co-author of two, and have been nominated as a Fellow of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) for my contributions to the dissemination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to the treatment of particular unworkable behavioral patterns.
14-day guarantee
Getting you unstuck from fear-based struggles is my #1 goal, and we want this decision to be 100% risk-free so you can focus on learning ACT skills.
If you decide that this course didn’t deliver on its promise for any reason, just let us know and we’ll refund your full payment. No questions asked.
If you decide that this course didn’t deliver on its promise for any reason, just let us know and we’ll refund your full payment. No questions asked.